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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:335;left:679">November 2009 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:382;left:288"><B>RECTOR’S REFLECTION </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:422;left:288"><B>Checking the Pulse of the Church </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:443;left:288">The Theme of our Diocesan Convention this past week-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:464;left:288">end was <I>The Heartbeat of the Church is Mission. </I>In his </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:485;left:288">address to the assembled clergy and lay members, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:505;left:288">Bishop Stephen Lane offered a frank assessment of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:526;left:288">health of the Episcopal Church in Maine. Like any good </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:547;left:288">physician, Bishop Lane was blunt in his prognosis for </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:568;left:288">some of our parishes and missions: their condition is </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:588;left:288">terminal. Some will be forced to close their doors per-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:609;left:288">manently in a very short time. For those in the conven-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:630;left:288">tion hall, this pronouncement was not unlike being given </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:650;left:288">a diagnosis of a serious illness. Nonetheless, it was a message we needed to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:671;left:288">receive.  Our church—the larger church—is facing a grave crisis that threatens </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:692;left:288">its very life… We, the faithful Episcopalians in attendance, weren’t altogether </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:712;left:288">surprised to hear the Bishop’s words, but we were moved by them. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:747;left:58">Like so many patients upon hearing this kind of news, I’m sure that most of us were asking the same question </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:768;left:58">of ourselves,” What have we done to bring this on? How have we failed our church, ourselves, our God?” </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:788;left:58">Bishop Lane anticipated the question, as he gently advised us that, no—this isn’t our fault.  Instead, he said, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:809;left:58">the world has changed. Many of the changes have come about in our own lifetimes.  One prominent change </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:830;left:58">has been the erosion of the Sabbath—too many families find that Sunday is the only day they have together, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:850;left:58">and so they reserve that day for family recreation, or to take care of the chores that don’t get done during the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:871;left:58">week.  In an era when grade school children carry cell phones and make “play dates,” families aren’t always </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:892;left:58">ready to commit what little leisure time they have left, even to church activities.  With few young families </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:913;left:58">coming into the church, and as senior members depart from congregations, our numbers are declining. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:947;left:58">What do we do? Clearly, says our Bishop, doing the same things we’ve always done isn’t going to work. In </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:968;left:58">the past we’ve adapted to change by tinkering with the nuts and bolts of the church: we’ve made technical </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:988;left:58">fixes. But rewriting the Prayer book and re-finishing the pews isn’t enough. It isn’t even appropriate.  Instead, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1009;left:58">we must focus, not on technical fixes, but on what he calls <I>Adaptive Change.  </I>This is the kind of change that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1030;left:58">goes to the heart of our life as the Church: our Mission.  We must, individually and as a body, ask “What really </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1051;left:58">is our Mission in the 21</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1051;left:241">century?“  As Bishop Lane said, the answers to this question will only come from a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1071;left:58">process of prayerful discussion and thoughtful analysis.  We won’t arrive at solutions to our challenges over </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1092;left:58">night.  In the coming months, we will be asked to consider, what are the ministries that really matter?  How </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1113;left:58">can we most faithfully be the Body of Christ in a world where, for so many, the Norman Rockwell picture of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1133;left:58">church and family is but a museum piece?  Will we survive? We will, with God’s help! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1154;left:58">In Faith, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1174;left:58">Father Richard</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:58">My wife Ann and I were late arriving at the <I>Three </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:58"><I>Penny Opera </I>production that George Swanson helped </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1504;left:58">organize two weeks ago.  It was standing room only </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:58">and we stood at the back of the St. Saviour’s parish </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:58">hall.  It was a terrific community event and perform-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1566;left:58">ance – tour de force George Swanson and friends. You </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1587;left:58">know you have arrived in a community when you can </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1607;left:58">recognize friends and acquaintances in half of the  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:58">audience by the backs of their heads: “oh, nice to see </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:58">so and so here, but who is she with?” To be sure I am</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:58">not allowed yet to remove the “from away” badge tat-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:58">tooed to my lapel, but there is comfort in familiarity. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:58">I have also been struck these past few weeks by the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1752;left:58">familiarity that Job and God use in addressing each </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1773;left:58">other.  I do not mean to suggest that Job addresses </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1794;left:58">God with an inappropriately familiar name – in the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1814;left:58">French expressions: ‘tutoyers God.” Surely Job was </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1835;left:58">always mindful of Jewish strictures about not naming </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1856;left:58">God directly. The frankness of his complaints, how-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1876;left:58">ever, bespeaks not just of a personal relationship but </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1897;left:58">total dependence of God’s saving power.  Curiously </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1918;left:58">the issues that Job raises isn’t simply Job challenging </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:58">God, (God can handle it I suspect), but Job’s self-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1959;left:58">importance with respect to his own community  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1980;left:58">isolates him in ways that guarantees a painful resolu-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2001;left:58">tion. After God speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2021;left:58">one begins to see a fuller measure of the range of  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2042;left:58">human spiritual growth that Job models for all of us. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2083;left:58">So where is the place of the Church (parish, diocese, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2104;left:58">province, communion, and Christian community) in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2125;left:58">bringing about the reconciliation of our selves to God </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2145;left:58">and each other. Familiarity helps. It starts there. One </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2166;left:58">simply cannot begin to address challenges without </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:463">trust and familiarity but familiarity and time in a place </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:463">builds trust. But when it becomes too comfortable,  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1504;left:463">familiarity can become a refuge from meeting new </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:463">people, greeting new challenges and most especially </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:463">addressing our own self-imposed barriers to become</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1566;left:463">more fully who God wants us to be both as individuals </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1587;left:463">and as religious communities. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:463">Observing how members of a parish interact at Coffee </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:463">Hour often provides great insight into how well a par-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:463">ish will accept new members and how well it func-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:463">tions. Every parishioner knows how to behave, how </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1711;left:463">one is supposed to be welcoming and warm and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:463">friendly. But these weekly events often provide  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1752;left:463">unguarded moments when one is checking in with old </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1773;left:463">friends and co-communicants. Finding oneself isolated </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1794;left:463">without anyone to talk to at a social gathering is a very </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1814;left:463">lonely experience.  Years ago I visited a parish in  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1835;left:463">another diocese and found myself talking to the coffee </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1856;left:463">pot and eating more than my share of the cookies.  I </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1876;left:463">never returned. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1918;left:463">Thus far I have not been able to extend my new found </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:463">skill in identifying people by the backs of their heads </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1959;left:463">into mind-reading or other psychic gifts  or let’s just </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1980;left:463">say that I am not ready yet to reveal my special pow-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2001;left:463">ers.  Nonetheless, I do make an effort to greet new-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2021;left:463">comers and guests to our congregation and to extend </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2042;left:463">our friendliness to those who are unfamiliar to me.  I </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2063;left:463">hope I can get all of you to join me in this ministry. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2104;left:463">With my best wishes for your end of Autumn and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2125;left:463">Thanksgiving. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2145;left:463">Faithfully,  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2166;left:463">Ted Fletcher </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2263;left:118">I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Czech immigrants. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2284;left:118">I received my M.S. in Mathematics at Kansas State University in 1952. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2304;left:118">I was denied entrance into a PhD program at the University of Iowa because of being a woman. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2325;left:118">I taught at a regional school of New England University. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2346;left:118">In 1958, I experienced Christmas at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2366;left:118">Since 1966, I’ve spent summers on The Quietside of M.D.I. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2387;left:118">I have 3 sons and enjoy bicycling all over M.D.I. as well as hiking the mountains. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2407;left:369"><B>WHO AM I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:58"><B>STEWARDSHIP – MINUTES OF APPRECIATION </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2640;left:58"><B>Susannah Jones </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2664;left:58">I have belonged to St. John’s for forty-eight years, and this is why. I was raised a Unitarian, and that is not a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2685;left:58">bad thing, in fact it was a good beginning. It wasn’t until I was in college that I chose to be baptized and con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2706;left:58">firmed in the Episcopal Church. What motivated me was singing for three years in the Columbia University </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2727;left:58">Chapel Choir. We met six days each week for rehearsals and services. The music got me into the Church. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2761;left:58">I continue to believe that the arts and aesthetics are the handmaiden of religion. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2796;left:58">When Gerard Manley Hopkins says <I>“The world is charged with the grandeur of God, It will flame out like </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2816;left:58"><I>shining from shook foil” </I>is he speaking of us?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2851;left:58">When I walk through our lovely door and hear our splendid organ and the robust singing of the congregation, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2871;left:58">when I gaze at the simple altar, bright and shining, resplendent with flowers donated from people’s gardens, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2892;left:58">and when I think about fellow members who have creative ideas and then have the spirit to carry them out, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2913;left:58">warm-hearted coffee hours, quilted tapestries and above all, the eloquence of the spoken Word, I truly feel that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2934;left:58">we are touched by the grandeur of God. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2974;left:58"><B>JUNIOR WARDEN’S REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3004;left:58"><B>FALL CLEAN-UP AT ST. JOHN’S – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 8:30 AM—Please Bring Rakes!</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3582;left:84">A special birthday/wedding anniversary celebration  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3603;left:160">for Finlay &amp; Betty Whittlesey. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3595;left:519">Welcome Steven Sampson our new organist! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3130;left:359">The Buildings and Grounds Committee could use a few new mem-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3150;left:359">bers. We are blessed to have such wonderful and valuable properties. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3171;left:359">This is a great opportunity to be involved in their care! If you wish to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3192;left:359">join us, please contact me at 669-2801. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3211;left:359">Chloe </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3130;left:58">I want to thank  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3150;left:58">those of you who  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3171;left:58">quietly just do things as you </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3192;left:58">see they need to be done. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3212;left:58">Don’t think they are not  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3233;left:58">noticed and appreciated! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3035;left:214">The gardeners have done such a terrific job with the grounds this year that clean-up </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3056;left:214">should be pretty easy. We’ll just need to take care of the leaves. The Sawyer house will </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3077;left:214">need to be cleaned up as well. If anyone can stay a little longer on the 14</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3077;left:746">, that would be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3097;left:214">a great time to start! </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><B>WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3838;left:58">The Westside Food Pantry is gearing up for another season that begins on Sunday, November 1.  Already, the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3859;left:58">Pantry has been the beneficiary of two very successful fundraisers in October. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3886;left:58">The Top of the Hill Restaurant once again donated half of their profits from the delightful and busy closing </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3907;left:58">night of their season to us.  Debby DuBois and her energetic crew sparked the evening by encouraging every </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3928;left:58">customer to, “Help to feed our neighbors in need.”  Her theme for the evening was evidently perfect as the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3949;left:58">next day she gave the Pantry a check for $1,300.  Then the Top of the Hill topped off their fund raising by giv-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3969;left:58">ing the Pantry yet another check for $62 that the wait-staff had chipped in as a percentage of their very hard-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3990;left:58">earned tips from the evening.  What a crew! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4018;left:58">We will also receive a percentage from the “Ragtime meets Mack the Knife”; the hugely successful and enter-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4039;left:58">taining evening of musical dramedy that was conceived by our own Rev. George Swanson.  Thank you George </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4060;left:58">and fellow thespians for including us in your efforts. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4088;left:58">We anticipate another rough season for our clients this year and are very grateful for all this help to replenish </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4109;left:58">our depleted coffers. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4137;left:58">We’ll be continuing our fund raising efforts with the “Second Annual Baked Bean Dinner” on Saturday, No-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4157;left:58">vember 7 in the undercroft at St. John’s from 5:30 to 7:00.  Should you be able to assist in any way for this tra-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4178;left:58">ditional meal, please contact Dianne McMullan (244-4582); otherwise, just show up on Saturday with lots of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4199;left:58">family and friends and enjoy a delicious dinner. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4227;left:58">This (too quickly) past summer Cass, and Pamela with their green-thumbed group of volunteers, created a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4248;left:58">modern day miracle with the Victory Garden.  Not only did it look beautiful all season, but it also provided </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4268;left:58">great fresh produce for many of our clients. And recently a number of volunteers from the Pantry joined to-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4289;left:58">gether to support the Southwest Harbor Library by walking in their Walk-a-thon! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4317;left:58">Thank you to so many who have kept the Pantry in their thoughts and deeds. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4337;left:58">Barbara Campbell, Chair </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4394;left:209"><B>Gift cards </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4397;left:320">suitable for Christmas gifts, hostess gifts, and any other giving are avail-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4418;left:209">able again this fall for a $10 donation to the Westside Food Pantry. This year they will </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4439;left:209">feature small original watercolor designs on the envelopes. Cards may be purchased at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4460;left:209">the church office or by calling Cass Wright at 244-5459. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4526;left:58"><B>SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS! </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4558;left:58">Thanksgiving is the traditional season for offering </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4578;left:58">thanks for all of our many blessings. What a great </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4599;left:58">opportunity our “Blessings Fund” offers to share our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4620;left:58">good fortune with the whole parish community! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4640;left:58">Your donation to the Blessings Fund not only says </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4661;left:58">thank you to the Creator of all good things but also </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4682;left:58">helps St. John’s close this year’s budget gap. As of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4703;left:58">now, we project that to be about $7,000. A donation </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4723;left:58">to the Blessings Fund is as easy as writing a check </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4744;left:58">out to St. Andrew &amp; St. John and noting <I>“Blessings </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4765;left:58"><I>Fund” </I>on the memo line. Or drop an envelope  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4785;left:58">addressed to the Blessings Fund in the plate with a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4806;left:58">gift of cash. Thank you for sharing your bounty  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4827;left:58">during this harvest season. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4834;left:601">Betty Whittlesey </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4526;left:572"><B>WHO AM I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4986;left:79"><I>Richard and Pamela are co-chairs of the Committee on Indian Relations for the Diocese of Maine.  </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5007;left:79"><I>This editorialwas published in the October12th issue of the Bangor Daily News. </I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5071;left:79"><B>REFRAME DAY TO HONOR FIRST AMERICANS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5102;left:79">by Rev. Dr. Richard Tardiff </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5144;left:79">For too many of us, Columbus Day has become yet another Monday holiday: a welcome respite from our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5164;left:79">work, perhaps, but in no way a commemoration of any particular person or event. This may be a good </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5185;left:79">thing, if we have at last set aside the old myths about Admiral Columbus having “discovered America.” If </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5206;left:79">we have finally stopped reinforcing archaic and racist notions about the first inhabitants of the Americas, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5227;left:79">just another Monday holiday may be a good thing, and a sign of progress. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5268;left:79">A better thing might be to rename the day and recast it with the aim of honoring at last those who first </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5289;left:79">dwelled in the “New World.” A more appropriate designation might be “Indigenous Peoples Day,” or </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5309;left:79">“Native Americans Day.” </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5351;left:79">Whatever name is chosen, it would be a fitting day to celebrate the people who first inhabited the land and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5371;left:79">remain today as living, vibrant cultures. Whatever we call it, this renamed holiday would be an excellent </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5392;left:79">time for us all to learn not only about the rich heritage of America’s indigenous peoples, but also about </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5413;left:79">the lives and accomplishments of contemporary Native Americans. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5454;left:79">For 500 years, people of European descent have sought to teach Native Americans to be more like Euro-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5475;left:79">peans. The ravages of boarding school life on young native students are well-documented. Eurocentric </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5496;left:79">practices of public schools and other institutions, including churches, have conspired to silence native </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5516;left:79">tongues, erase treasured customs, and ban religious practices. Consequently, portions of Native American </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5537;left:79">culture have vanished, incalculable knowledge has been lost forever and priceless wisdom has faded. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5578;left:79">Yet there is hope. Through the tenacious efforts of tribal elders, native scholars and a (belatedly) enlight-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5599;left:79">ened academic community, many indigenous groups have managed to preserve great portions of their cul-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5620;left:79">tures. Recent years have seen a resurgence in native dance, crafts and song. Reflecting the dynamism that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5641;left:79">has always characterized indigenous culture, younger Native Americans are creating new traditions based </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5661;left:79">on ancient customary practices and beliefs. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5703;left:79">Non-natives would do well to open their eyes and their minds to the richness of native culture and knowl-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5723;left:79">edge. Contrary to stereotyped images too-often reinforced in schools and popular media, America’s first </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5744;left:79">inhabitants had a sophisticated understanding of the sciences. Native expertise in predicting weather,  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5765;left:79">conservation of resources and healing were based on keen observation, critical thinking and generations of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5785;left:79">experimentation.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5827;left:79">Although often characterized in Western literature and scholarship as “primitive” and “heathen,” Native </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5847;left:79">Americans have a rich and genuine spirituality. Their ethical codes and values systems are, in fact, quite </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5868;left:79">congruent with those of Western traditions, emphasizing respect, honesty, service to others and reverence </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5889;left:79">for creation. Significantly, Native American religions are typically respectful of other beliefs, in marked </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5910;left:79">contrast to the practices of many whose mission was mass conversion.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6174;left:58">A reframed October holiday might become a day of reconciliation for all residents and visitors of Maine.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6195;left:58">Finally abandoning the Columbus myth, we might reach out to one another, not out of guilt or shame for sins </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6215;left:58">past, but in the hope of better understanding now and in the future. There are many opportunities for outreach. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6257;left:58">This week, for example, Maine residents and visitors alike have a wonderful opportunity to learn about the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6277;left:58">lives and traditions of the Wabanaki people. Beginning Tuesday, members of several Maine tribes will gather </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6298;left:58">at the University of Maine, Augusta for a four-day event called “Wabanaki Perspectives and Human Aware-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6319;left:58">ness.” Wabanaki citizens will join Native American students to share the stories, songs, dances and crafts that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6340;left:58">are part of traditional and contemporary Wabanaki culture.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6381;left:58">The state of Maine, recognizing a deficiency in its K-12 educational system, passed a law in 2001 requiring </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6402;left:58">teaching about Wabanaki tribal governments and political systems, their cultural systems, their territories and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6422;left:58">economic systems. Parents and guardians can ask what the school is doing to fulfill the requirements of Waba-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6443;left:58">naki studies. To reinforce what your child’s school teaches about the Wabanaki, ask your child what s/he is </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6464;left:58">learning about the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6484;left:58">Penobscot Nation. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6526;left:58">America was not discovered by a European and his crew. Hundreds of indigenous nations existed at the time </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6547;left:58">of European contact. Let’s remake this holiday into something both indigenous and non-indigenous people can </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6567;left:58">celebrate.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7378;left:179"><B>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7410;left:329"><B>Sundays, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7430;left:345">8:00 and 10:00—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7451;left:323"><B>Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7472;left:365">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7492;left:294"><B>Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7513;left:365">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7547;left:337"><B>Scripture Lessons </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7578;left:348"><B>All Saints’ Day—November 1</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7599;left:248">Psalm 24, Isaiah 25:6-9; Revelation 21:1-6a, John 11:32-44 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7620;left:416"><B>November 8</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7640;left:216">Psalm 127; 1 Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7661;left:411"><B>November 15</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7682;left:217">1 Samuel 2:1-10; 1 Samuel 1:4-20; Hebrews 10:11-25; Mark 13:1-8 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7702;left:342"><B>Christ the King—November 22</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7723;left:215">Psalm 132:1-12; 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7744;left:332"><B>Thanksgiving Day—November 26</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7764;left:244">Psalm 126; Joel 2:21-27; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Matthew 6:25-33 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7785;left:367"><B>Advent 1—November 29 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7806;left:196">Psalm 25:1-9; Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7840;left:266"><B>Sunday Forums at 9:00 a.m. </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7871;left:430"><B>November 1</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7892;left:271">Fred Benson, <I>Lobbying: The Good, the Bad, and the Evil</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7913;left:430"><B>November 8</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7933;left:338">Carl Little, <I>Ocean Drinker: A Reading</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7954;left:426"><B>November 15</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7974;left:332">Stewardship Breakfast (more info TBA)</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7995;left:426"><B>November 22 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8016;left:308">Ellen Gilmore<I>, Why I Am Still an Episcopalian</I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8077;left:58"><B>BAKED BEAN SUPPER  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8108;left:58"><B>TO BENEFIT THE WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8139;left:58">This is our 2nd annual bean supper event and it is bigger and better than ever.  It will be held at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8160;left:58">St. John’s Episcopal Church, 315 Main St., in Southwest Harbor on November 7from 5:30 to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8180;left:58">7PM.  We are asking for a donation of $8.00 and children under 5 are free. The menu  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8201;left:58">includes beans, hot dogs, sausage, bread, coleslaw, drinks and pie. All proceeds go to food </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8222;left:58">vouchers for pantry recipients. If you would like more information or could help, please contact Mary Mitchell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8242;left:58">(244-9951), Dianne McMullan (244-4582, 266-8052), or Jean Rohrer (<A href="mailto:jeanrohrer@mac.com" target="_blank">jeanrohrer@mac.com</A>). </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8273;left:58">During the 2008-2009 season, the food pantry gave out 1,720 vouchers (462 for children) totaling $68,450. We </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8294;left:58">are anticipating another difficult winter as many of our neighbors continue to face serious economic chal-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8315;left:58">lenges. The food pantry also helps to provide holiday dinners. The Southwest Harbor Library makes available </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8335;left:58">free books from the summer book sales at the pantry.   And this summer fresh vegetables from the Victory </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8356;left:58">Garden at St. John's and other local gardens have been raised for those who need them. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8591;left:181">Birthdays </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8644;left:218"><B>NOVEMBER </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8664;left:174"><B>11—Vanessa Pinkham </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8685;left:189"><B>12—Joseph Fallica </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8706;left:188"><B>13—Julia Winglass </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8726;left:185"><B>14—Winthrop Short </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8747;left:187"><B>15—Elke O’Donnell </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8768;left:186"><B>16—Elisabeth Buell </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8789;left:193"><B>18—Ellen Gilmore </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8809;left:156"><B>19—William Buyers-Basso </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8830;left:197"><B>21—Mimi Barnes </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8851;left:180"><B>22—Kathryn Hiscock </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8871;left:190"><B>25—Spencer Ervin </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8892;left:191"><B>26—Michele Daley</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8913;left:188"><B>29—Florence Ervin</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8598;left:499">To My Friends at St. Andrew &amp; St. John’s, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8619;left:499">My symphony ticket was such a pleasant  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:499">surprise. Working for the church is so impor-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8660;left:499">tant to me and I never expected to receive </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8681;left:499">anything for doing a task. I certainly will  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8701;left:499">enjoy the concert ticket thanks to my friends. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8722;left:499">Love,  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8742;left:499">Mary Mitchell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8775;left:499">To My Friends at St. John, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8796;left:499">I can’t begin to thank you enough for all your </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8817;left:499">kindness during the past weeks.  Your cards, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8837;left:499">calls, and flowers have brought me such joy </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8858;left:499">as I’ve recovered from my fall. Please know </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8879;left:499">that you are in my thoughts and prayers.  May </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8899;left:499">God bless you all! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8920;left:499">In Christ’s Love, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8940;left:499">Vonnie Bell  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9008;left:58"><B>HELP WANTED! </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9039;left:58"><B>Crafters, Bakers and Christmas Wreath Makers </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9060;left:58">The second Christmas fair is coming up November 28 from 8 AM to 2 PM.  There will </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9081;left:58">be crafts, food and wreaths for sale.  Mary Mitchell needs volunteers to contribute </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9101;left:58">crafts, make wreaths and bake for the sale;  she also needs help the day of the sale. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9122;left:58">Please call Mary at 244-9951 if you have questions or can help out in any way. Tables </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9143;left:58">are available to rent on November 28 if you would like to sell your own goods.  The rental fee is $25.00. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9173;left:58"><B>Meticulous individual who likes shiny objects </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9194;left:58">Altar Guild needs help polishing the brass. If you would like to help out in this ministry please call the church </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9215;left:58">office (244-3229) or Margot Haertel (244-0362) for more information. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9246;left:58"><B>Part-time Sunday School Assistant </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9267;left:58">Floy and Nicole are STILL looking for volunteers to help assist during Sunday School.  Duties would include </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9287;left:58">putting out the snack, lending a hand with crafts and overall “keeping the peace.”  No preparation required; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9308;left:58">simply sign up on the sheet in the undercroft by the date you are available. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9338;left:58"><B>Trash Collector </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9359;left:58">Since Bill Voorhies retired, we no longer have someone to collect our trash and recyclables and take them to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9380;left:58">the  Transfer Center in Southwest Harbor. Call the office (244-3229) if you would be willing to help. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9413;left:58"><B>THANK YOU, SETH </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9445;left:58">Please take note of the beautifully refinished and stained table in the front of the church.   Local painter, Seth </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9465;left:58">Tainter, donated his labor and materials to refinish the table for our church.   Seth has a shop on Clark Point </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9486;left:58">Road (610-0491). Over the years, Seth has known many members of our congregation and once took piano </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9507;left:58">lessons from Marilyn Dolliver. Seth appreciates the work we do in the community especially the Westside </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9527;left:58">Food Pantry.  Seth has done work for Susan Buell and others in our parish.  His professional skills include </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9548;left:58">painting (interior and exterior), refinishing and staining furniture, and pressure washing buildings.  We thank </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9569;left:58">him for his work.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10801;left:455">9 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9737;left:58"><B>BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9769;left:58">On Sunday, October 4</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9766;left:219">th</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9769;left:228">, Father Richard blessed many animals at the 10AM service.  It was a joy and wonder </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9789;left:58">to have Bob McMullan, Rosebud Krueger, Rocky Fallica, Mac, Sophie and Henry Carreno, Emma Wright, and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9810;left:58">Ginger Redfield at our service. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10355;left:207"><B>THE LIGHTER SIDE…. </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10142;left:58"><B>ANOTHER GREAT  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10173;left:58"><B>“COME HOME FOR SUPPER” EVENING! </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10204;left:58">Over 40  parishioners enjoyed a pleasant, companionable, and delicious evening on Friday, October </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10225;left:58">16.  Many thanks to our <I>five </I>host/esses – Fr. Richard &amp; Pamela, Susannah Jones, Ken Cochrane &amp; Rita Red-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10246;left:58">field, Spencer &amp; Floy Ervin, and Ted &amp; Joan Bromage.  Thanks also to a few of you who offered to host—it </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10266;left:58">was great to have more to call on if needed, and we know we will next time.  Stay tuned – we’ll hope to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10287;left:58">schedule the next gathering in January (perhaps with a snow date?)  In the meantime, call Ken &amp; Rita (244-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10308;left:58">4025), Ida Smallidge (244-7266) or Ted &amp; Joan (244-3227) with suggestions or questions.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11989;left:451">10 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10925;left:45">The Net Tender - </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10936;left:281">November 2009 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:10970;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11000;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11015;left:45">Phone 207-244-3229  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11031;left:45">E-mail: <B><A href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ website: <B><A href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</A></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11046;left:45"><B>Office Hours: </B>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11537;left:139"><B>INSIDE: </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11557;left:68">Anniversaries/Birthdays</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11557;left:251">8 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11575;left:68">Baked Bean Supper </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11575;left:251">7</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11592;left:68">Blessing of Animals </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11592;left:251">9 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11609;left:68">Blessings Fund </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11609;left:250">4</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11626;left:68">Forums</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11626;left:251">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11644;left:68">Help Wanted</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11644;left:251">8 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11661;left:68">Home for Supper</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11661;left:251">9 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11678;left:68">Letter to the Editor </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11678;left:236">5, 6</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11695;left:68">Lighter Side</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11695;left:251">9 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11713;left:68">Minutes of Appreciation</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11713;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11730;left:68">New Organist</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11730;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11747;left:68">Rector’s Reflection</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11747;left:251">1 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11764;left:68">Jr. Warden’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11764;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11782;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Notes</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11782;left:251">2 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11799;left:68">Thank You (to and from) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11799;left:251">8 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11816;left:68">Westside Food Pantry</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11816;left:251">4</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11833;left:68">Whittlesey Celebration </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11833;left:251">3</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11851;left:68">Who Am I?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11851;left:236">2, 4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11868;left:68">Worship Schedule/Scripture 7 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11102;left:45"><B>Rector </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11120;left:45">The Rev. Richard Tardiff </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11141;left:45">244-4037</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11158;left:45"><B>Parish Administrator </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11177;left:45">Michele Daley  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11198;left:45"><B>Editors </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11216;left:45">Nicole Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11237;left:45">Mary Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11912;left:59">If you no longer wish to receive the</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11929;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11946;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11844;left:355">We are proud to receive the 2009 Lulu Award from the Diocese of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11865;left:355">Maine for “excellence in congregational communication for a con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11885;left:355">gregational newsletter.” Thank you all for your support of the Net </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:11906;left:355">Tender and to Fr. Richard for nominating our efforts. </DIV>
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